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More call for nuclear deterrence for South Korea as threat from Russia-assisted North grows
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North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (right) shaking hands with Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu at the Knevichi airfield.
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SEOUL - Calls for South Korea to have better options for nuclear deterrence have grown louder amid growing threats of a “nuclear war” from a Russia-assisted North.
As the two Koreas race to launch their first home-grown military spy satellites, observers have raised concerns that the United States, South Korea’s security ally, is being spread thin with the two wars ongoing in Ukraine and Gaza.
